NDIS

AFDO NDIS website – Disability Loop

Disability Loop is the online face of the AFDO National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) website. It is designed to make information about the NDIS easy to find, easy to use and as accessible to as many people as possible.

Our work on the NDIS

A photo of NDIS meeting participants.

A great source of pride for AFDO has been our advocacy for reforms that have enabled people with disability to shape how they live their own lives.

The reform of disability services to meet the needs of people with disability, has been a key focus since the beginning of AFDO. Our leadership, together with a united approach by the disability sector, was key to introducing legislation for the NDIS.

Over the last five years, our representation on behalf of people with disability has included:

policy papers on the role of people with disability in the NDIS

contribution to the design work of the NDIS through representation in two expert groups: Choice & Control and Assessment & Eligibility

advice at roundtables on topics including:

assessment

co-design

market force

social capital

meeting the needs of people with disability aged 65+

submissions to the:

Productivity Commission enquiry

draft NDIS legislation

Regulatory Impact Statement

NDIS rules and guidelines

collaboration with consumer and advocacy organisations to develop a united voice calling for the legislation of the NDIS

leading consultations of people with disability and other stakeholders to get their views about the NDIS, then submitting views to the NDIS Taskforce to inform the NDIS development

being a founding member of the National Disability and Carer Alliance (NDCA) with National Disability Services and Carers Australia

advice and support on the experiences and specific needs of people with disability:

from rural and remote communities

from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

from non-English speaking backgrounds

with cognitive disabilities

in the mental health system

distributing small grants to other organisations for specialist work on the NDIS

presentations to the disability sector, families and the public, such as the Adaptive Leadership Symposium in 2013 and 2014

expert advice to the NDIS National Research Roundtable, which was attended by 40 researchers in 2013 and 2014 to develop a framework for disability research

responding to the Terms of Reference for the Select Committee Inquiry into DisabilityCare Australia (now known as the NDIS)

meeting with Mal Brough, Chair of the NDIS Standing Committee and Jenny Macklin, Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS

briefing to the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS in 2013 and 2014 by the former AFDO CEO, Matthew Wright

ongoing conversations with the National Disability Insurance Agency to make sure that the rollout of the NDIS reflects the needs and aspirations of people with disability.